To feel a bit sad for my DH after comments made about my giving birth to DD4?

I gave birth to DD4 on Christmas Eve. We, and both families, are thrilled. We didn't find out the sex in advance and would have homestly been happy either way. Our girls are delighted to have a new baby sister and we've been enjoying adjusting to being a family of 6 over Christmas.

However, today DH went into his office to pick up some files and took the girls to get a bit of breakfast, leaving DD4 with me to get some rest. Everyone was full of congratulations, apart from the senior partner, who has just become a dad for the first time to twin boys, in November. One of DH's female colleagues asked if we were "finished" having babies, now we're at 4, to which DH said that we were most likely finished as I'm planning on going back to work in August. The partner piped up "What a shame, you'll never experience being a "true father"" My DH asked what he meant and he claimed that a man only experiences true fatherhood when you are a father to a son.

DH happened to mention this to me in the passing, in a "how ridiculous is this" sort of a way but I feel a bit sad for DH, in my hormonal state! I am I being unreasonable to think this is a shitty thing to say? The partner by the way is 62 and holds rather chauvinistic views about life in general.

IS the partner usually such a twat what an arse my dh is happy to have girls boys never entered the conversation when we decided on not having anymore, I had a friend of my aunts say to me aww what a shame never mind you can always try for a boy,

I think there is something very special and wonderful about the relationship between father and daughters...but then again there is something special about every parent's relationship with their children.

Congratulations on your 4th DD! Honestly what a twat that senior partner is, evidently has some sort of Henry VIII attitude to offspring - dismiss that remark about being a 'true father' from your mind.